Product Details

• Actors: Rolling Stones
• Directors: Chrome Dreams
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Stereo)
• Subtitles: None
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Chrome Dreams
• DVD Release Date: July 27, 2010
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003H8F43A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,607 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Music Video Dist Release Date: 07/27/2010

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58 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars generic, recycled, and lacking performance footage, July 29, 2010

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J. Shane (Hollywood, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rolling Stones - 1969-1974: The Mick Taylor Years (DVD)

I got this the day it came out (July 27th) in hopes that it would have rare Mick Taylor era Stones performances that most of us aren't already familiar with.

In reality, this DVD turned out to be a patchwork of lame interviews - mostly from people you don't care about. There are some interesting interview segments with musicians like John Mayall, Bill Plummer and Al Perkins,......but the bulk of the interviews are with these annoying English turds that mean nothing to most of us. Excepting the details from L.A. session musicians (which are probably only interesting to us musicians out there), the bulk of the interviews are just the re-telling of stories that most Stones fans have already heard a million times.

There is very little performance, in fact the bulk of the "fill in" music behind the interviews is this generic garbage intended to sound like the stones (it's not even the Stones providing the bulk of the backing interview soundtrack). There are a couple rare performance clips from the Taylor years,....but they show 10 seconds of it, and then they quickly cut back to the annoying English turds telling stories that we've already heard a million times.

It seems to me that this DVD was thrown together in a hurry, in order to profit off the current Exile re-release hype - as a companion to the "stones in exile" DVD. In fact, many of these same stories were just told on the "stones in exile" DVD release (which is a million times better than this DVD release). The whole thing seems generic, and very cheaply thrown together - with no involvement from the Stones. It's almost bootleggish, not in video quality, but rather the incredibly low budget production of the entire product.

I am a diehard Stones fan,...and the Mick Taylor years are by far my favorite years for the band. That being said, I would return this DVD if I could. Unless you are a Stones novice, you'll see this entire DVD as recycled stories - largely told by obnoxious people. Any performance footage is so cut up, you can't even appreciate it.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars ..Bloody Awful', August 5, 2010

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P. Cappiello "Gibson Fan" (Virginia Beach, Va. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rolling Stones - 1969-1974: The Mick Taylor Years (DVD)

If you have never seen or heard of the Rolling Stones you might be able to sit thru this. Otherwise this is one of those fake paste up jobs that mostly only sell on Amazon. It's all pieced together footage from the public domain and still images from the other 100 Stones books. The worst part are the narrators. A bunch of cheesy old has beens in search of a payday. And to a one they are bloody awful, at both reading and speaking. The one old ungroomed fart actualy....talks..... about......this.....fast....for....quite.......some........time. We see a 20 second clip of Mick Taylor speaking. That's about it for him. .Poor John Mayall narrates a bit and is as interesting as yesterdays coffee cup. No one deserves to steal your money like this. If you must have it, please find someplace to rip it for free on line. I think I will have a look at Amazons return policy.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars "confessional style with some guy with an accent", August 20, 2010

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Cody - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rolling Stones - 1969-1974: The Mick Taylor Years (DVD)

Rolling Stones "1969-1974: The Mick Taylor Years" is a video time capsule of the groundbreaking rock and roll legends. It covers the years after Brian Jones' death when Mick Taylor joined the crew and brought his own flavor to their sound. The video is very interesting and is full of information that is organized chronologically uncovering the ups and downs of the bands during these six years.

If you're expecting to purchase a DVD with lots of performance footage you will be disappointed. Even though there's a limited amount of live playing footage of the band, it's still packed with plenty of interesting facts and hurdles the band had to overcome.

The biggest fault of it all is not the amount of information on the DVD, but the way it is presented. All of the stories and history are told documentary confessional style with some guy with an accent who you've never hear of before. This can leave you bored after the 99 minute run time. If you're searching for some in-depth history of the band the film is a good find, but if you're looking for more live action you'll be left disappointed.